Directly elected by EU voters every 5 years, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent the people. Parliament is one of the EU’s main law-making institutions, along with the Council of the European Union. The European Parliament has three main roles:

debating and passing European laws, with the Council;

scrutinising other EU institutions, particularly the Commission, to make sure they are working democratically;

debating and adopting the EU's budget, with the Council.

The European Parliament has three places of work – Brussels (Belgium), Luxembourg and Strasbourg (France). Luxembourg is home to the administrative offices (the ‘General Secretariat’). Meetings of the whole Parliament (‘plenary sessions’) take place in Strasbourg and in Brussels. Committee meetings are also held in Brussels.

The Delegation of Confindustria to the EU regularly meets MEPs, member of the main policy groups at the EP, both during committee meetings and during the plenary session. In this regard the Director of the Delegation regularly goes to Strasbourg to assist to the plenary session.

Every month before the plenary session of the EP, the Delegation hold a meeting between Confindustria associative system, Italian lobbyists in Brussels and MEP.

The Delegation has also established a monthly meeting with assistants of various MEPs.